Metal tongs



(No Model.)

W. WQWINEGAR.

METAL TONGSV.

Patented Oct. 28, 1884.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WVALLACE W'INEGAR, OF OHAMBERSBURG, ILLINOIS.

METAL Tones.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,248, dated October28, 1884.

Application filed May 21, 1834. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. VVINEGAR, of Ohambersburg, in the countyof Pike and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Metal Tongs; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in metal tongs or clamps, theobject being to provide a device of this character which shall beadapted to firmly hold two pieces of metal in position for welding,brazing, or soldering; and it consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydesoribed, and pointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawing represents a,

view in perspective of my improved device.

A A represent arms or reins made of any suitable length and size andpivoted together at one end. 7

To the forward end of each of the reins or arms A is secured, by meansof a setscrew, B, a clamp, O, the upper jaw, a, of which is providedwith a screw-threaded hole, I), for the reception of the screw or boltD. These clamps are provided with extended or elongated necks 0, intowhich fit the ends of the arms A, this construction allowing the clampsto be pushed up or down on the arms, thereby lengthening or shorteningthem, as required, and by securing them to the arms by screws, they maybe rotated thereon and secured in any desired adjustment. To the sidesof the clamps C are also secured, or formed integral therewith, thepieces G, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

To one of the arms A is rigidly secured the curved metal bar E, adaptedto pass through a hole or opening, d, in theopposite arm, the saidlatter arm being provided with a setscrew, F, adapted, when screweddown, to impinge on the bar E, and thus prevent the arms from moving.

When it is desired to use my improved de vice, the bars or pieces to bejoined are placed in the clamps G, and secured therein by turning downthe screws or bolts D thereon, said clamps having been first adjusted onthe arms to suit the shape or form of the pieces to be joined. After thesaid pieces have been properly set in the clamps, and the arms broughttogether, the screw F is turned down on the bar E, and the armsprevented from moving.

The parts are then in position for soldering,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device for holding two, pieces of metal in position for welding,&c., the combination, with the two pivoted arms, of clamps secured tothe free ends of both arms.

2. In a device for holding two pieces of metal in position for welding,850., the combination, with the two pivoted arms, and devices forlocking the arms in any desired adjustment, of clamps secured to thefree ends of both arms.

3. In a device for holding two pieces of metal in position for welding,&c., the combination, with the pivoted arms, of clamps adjustablysecured to the free ends of both arms.

4. In a device for holding two pieces of metal in position for welding,&c., the combination, with the pivoted arms and devices for locking thesame in any desired adjustment, of the clamps adjustably secured to thefree ends of both arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM WALLACE WINEGAR.

WVitnesses:

R. E. Comm, J OHN MURPHY.

